Nizip
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Nizip (Nisibis or Nasibin Al Rum) is a district of the Gaziantep Province of Turkey in the Middle East.
There are more than 80.000 people in the city. It is between Gaziantep and Şanlıurfa (Edessa), and 45km from Gaziantep and 35km from Karkamış, which is also known in history as Gilgamesh. It is quite near to ancient Roman city Zeugma and near also to Rumkale (means Roman Castle). The city is usually being confused with Nusaybin because both cities are supposed to had the same ancient names, which are Nisibis, Nisibin. Even in very accredit encyclopedias there appear some confussions. Indeed, while Nizip is near to Euphrates, Nusaybin is near to Tigris. In excavation works performed very soon, some of the valuable mosaics that have been found out are as follows: Triton, Dionysos' Wedding, Poseidon, Perseus, Gypsy Girl or Gaia, Dolphin and Eros, Physke, Akhilleus, Aphrodite's Birth, the God of Euphrates, Europa etc.
In 1839, the Ottomans and Egypt, which was being ruled by Governor Muhammed Ali Pasha, went on war in countryside of Nizip, and because of that, the war was called as the Battle of Nizip or the Battle of Nezip.
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